In the final round of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship today, those making a run
at the title will be trying to balance their natural urge to win with the good sense not to throw
away shots.

“You’re just trying to get inside the top 25,” Jim Herman said, “so you need at least one good
finish.”

The top 25 money-winners in the four Finals tournaments who are not already exempt from the
Web.com Tour regular season will earn their PGA cards at the conclusion of the series in two
weeks.

Some already have clinched their status with their winnings through the first two tournaments.
Herman, Van Aswegen and Seung-Yul Noh, the Nationwide leader, also could assure themselves of that
by finishing among the top three today.

Noh, who had a two-stroke lead after two rounds, expanded it to three over Herman and Van
Aswegen after the third round yesterday at the Ohio State Scarlet Course.

Noh, who along with Herman is trying to regain exempt status after playing on the PGA Tour this
season, said a win would be a good way to finish his season.

Whether he wins or not, though, Noh said he may not play in the Web.com Tour Championship in two
weeks in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., because he already will have punched his return ticket to the
tour.

“Just one more day and then go home,” he said.

Noh, 22, has not been home to South Korea since December, when he left for his first season on
the PGA Tour. He has not seen his parents since the tour’s West Coast swing last winter. And he
plans to play when the new PGA Tour season begins Oct. 10 in California.

He could be No. 1 on the Finals money list after today, which would be worth a spot in the
Players Championship next year and a spot in any tour event he wants to play. But even that may not
be enough to keep him from going home.

“It doesn’t matter, first or second,” he said. “Doesn’t matter.”

Entering this week, Noh was tied for 11th in earnings among players not otherwise exempt for the
PGA Tour next season. Herman was 48th. Van Aswegen was tied for 82nd and last after missing the cut
in the first two Finals events.

After today, all three could be in the top 10 with only one event to play.

“You try not to think of all that stuff,” Van Aswegen said. “It creeps in every now and then,
but you’ve kind of got to just let it disappear.”

Herman, too, will try to stay in the moment.

“I know if I have a good week here, it’ll take care of things,” he said. “I can’t worry about
it. You don’t want to get ahead of yourself. Just go play a good, solid round and see what happens.
That’s all you can do.”